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What Might Be.
WHAT MIGHT BE .
If we look over the written history of our fraternity , we shall find that very shortly after the revival of 1717 in London it was broug ht to this country , and , finding congenial soil , it took root and grew , slowly at first , as was but natural in a sparsely settled country , and more vigorously when the colonies had become a nation , so that Ben
Franklin and his lodge , at the Hoop , in Water-street , Philadelphia , have grown into ten thousand lodges and more than half a million Masons . The end is not yet , for annually there is an increase in the number of the brethren and the family circles , called lodges , where they meet and transact business . During thc period of little more than a century , in which the transformation from a
handful to a vast army has taken place , we shall find that , apart from the mere routine , the reception of profanes , thcmaking of laws and supervising their execution , the giving to the needy—of which we desire , in the spirit of the institution , to make no boast , rather wishing that , in so far as that particular branch of our labour is concerned , the right hand may not know what the left is
doingduring this period we may say that we have devoted ourselves to growing . We have so cared for our stewardship that its roots have deeply penetrated the soil , and its leaves and branches spread themselves abroad until in every estate of humanity we find it represented , and within its grasp a power not equally possessed by any other human association , for the reason that within our assemblies there
is nothing to arouse the divisions and animosities among men that naturally grow out ot their varying opinions on matters pertinent to this or the other world—to this in the scramble for wealth , position , power ; the heart-burnings of rank and caste and station—to the other in that old battle between Armageddon , and the rest , in which , as a general rule , you can only go to heaven if you see your way
through my spectacles , or , vice versa , you are sure to bring- up in outer darkness if you look through your own . This at least then we have accomplished , that wc have gathered together a . half million of intelligent men , not one of whom has given up or been expected to give up an iota of his religious faith , or of his political convictions , but yet who see for themselves that it is possible for men
to entertain the most thoroughly opposite ideas , and yet recognise the fact that they are still men , and may live in accord , and work happily together for good , notwithstanding that they vote different tickets , or take different roads to reach the final rest . That in reaching this result we have been the disciples and the exemplars of toleration in the largest and most beneficial way cannot be
successfully contradicted , and this especially , because while we have no special faith to advocate , neither have we any to oppose , and so leaving evcry-one unmolested in the pursuitof what may be happiness to him , we are , so to speak , the custodians of a pleasant retreat , where men may forget for a time the world and its strife in the enjoyment oi friendship and social communion unmarred by jarring
incentives . But the question presents itself , are we not capable as an organisation nf more extended usefulness ? Are we , considering the material it which our association is composed , exercising our real weight in community and demonstrating , as we might do , the real value of associated effort ? Every thinking man will at once say
No—decidedly No . Take an illustration . Masonry has a literature , as witness its thousands of published volumes , from thc balderdash of the parrot up to the effusions of the scholar and philosopher , and yet , except the mere manuals and guides to the ceremonial , we doubt whether any Masonic author ever got as much for his labour as he could have earned with a shovel ,
in the same length of time . No Masonic journal has ever had more than a temporary success ; not one has ever been permanently established , and there is not , to the best of our belief , one brother who has devoted himself to the literature of Masonry , to the instruction of the brethren , and to the championship of the Institution , who has not poverty for his reward . And yet how
different all this might be . If only one brother in ten Would feel called by his pride in the Craft to remember the agency by which , more than all others , it has been enabled to resist the attacks of its enemies , and stand before the world as proudly as to-day it does , its power and security would be still further enhanced , and its servants have some brighter visions in the future than that of a pauper ' s grave . —New York Dis / atch .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . R . S . M . VAUGHAN . On the 6 th inst . a large number of Freemasons attended the funeral of the late Bro . R . S . M . Vaughan , at Concham , near Redcar , Yorkshire . The W . M . ' s of the Marwood Lodge ( Cleveland ) and of the Restoration Lodge ( Darlington ) were present , and among other brethren were Bros . John Hodgson , J . C . Martin , J . Morrel ) , J . H .
Bell , W . Bell , Rev . J . Buswel ] , Dr . Arrowsmith , and — Waller , P . M . Marwood Lodge . The service was choral , the Rev . J . B . Towne officiating . The deceased brother , who was only 27 years of age , was well known in Darlington and adjacent towns , having established a thriving patent business in connection with thc well-known firm of
Messrs . Vaughan & Son , London . During the past few months our deceased brother had suffered several domestic bereavements , his wife and second child having died within little more than two months before his death . His untimely decease has occasioned poignant sorrow to his brethren and numerous friends .
A full report of the proceedings at the consecration of the Stuart Lodge , No . 1632 , which takes place this ( Saturday ) afternoon , will be given in our next .
Masonic Ball Int Liverpool.
MASONIC BALL INT LIVERPOOL .
The last Masonic Ball of the festive season , but certainly one of the most enjoyable and jolliest of the series , took place at the Great George-street Assembl y Rooms , Liverpool , on Thursday evening , the 15 th inst . The arrangements were admirable , and the absence of anything like stiffness gave the assembly quite a " happy family " tone .
The ball was organised and carried out by prominent members of various lodges in the neighbourhood , and , thanks to their exertions , " Our Fifth Annual Ball " was decidedly a great success in every respect . The guests numbered upwards of 100 , and amongst those present wete Bro . A . Morrison , S . W . 1540 , Mrs . Morrison , and the Misses Morrison ; Bro . H . Gregory ,, Sec . 667 , and Mrs .
Gregory ; Bro . W . Doyle , P . P . G . J . D . ; Bro . W . Coates , 135 6 and 1609 , and Miss Dudlieston ; Bro . J . E . Jackson , P . M . 667 , and Miss Jackson ; H . Eve , 66 7 , and Mrs . Eve ; Bro . E . Carter , 667 , and Mrs . Carter ; Bro . H . Firth , J . W . 667 , and Mrs . Firth ; Bro . B . Myers , P . M . 1182 , and Mrs . Myers ; Bro . A . Bucknall , 667 , and Mrs Bucknall ; Bro . S . Bushell , 667 , and Miss Bramley ; Bro . Barton , Mrs .
Barton , Mrs . Richard Brown ; Bro . R . Martin , jun ., W . M . 1182 , and Miss Thorn ; Bro . W . T . May , P . M . 673 , Mrs . May , and Miss B . May ; Bro . E . O . C . Rothwell , P . M . 135 6 , Mrs . Rothweil , and Miss Rothwell ; Bro . J . H . Martin , Bro . J . Skeaf , P . G . O ., and Mrs . Skeaf ; Bros . Preston , 1182 ; J . Weston , 1182 ; R . Ing , P . M . 594 , and Mrs . Ing , and others . Dancing commenced about 9 o ' clock
and was kept up with unflagging spirit till an early hour , to the strains of Mr . Martin ' s quadrille band . The fame which Bro . Henry Eve has secured as a caterer was fully sustained on this occasion , as both supper and lighter refreshments were of Ai kind . The ball arrangements
were enthusiastically carried out by the following committee : Bros . A . Morrison , Chairman ; H . Gregory , Vice Chairman ; W . Doyle , J . E . Jackson , R . Douglass , H . Eve , W . Coates , E . Carter , B . Myers , H . Firth ( an excellent Master of the Ceremonies ) , and A . Bucknall ( an indefatigable Hon . Sec . and Treas . )
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .
For the Week ending Friday , March 30 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .
SATURDAY , MARCH 24 . Lodge 16 32 , Stuart , S . M . H . ( Consecration . ) LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W .
MONDAY , MARCH 26 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset House and Inverness , F . M . H . ,, 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms , W . „ 28 , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . 11 79 i Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich .
„ 183 , Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1608 , Kilburn , Queen ' s Arms Hot ., Kilburn Gate . Chap . 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . Mark Lodge 5 , Mallet and Chisel , Bridge House Hot .
LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Sastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .
Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . UpperNorwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Lpughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavein , Bermondscy-st .
TUESDAY , MARCH 27 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Moira , Mansion House Restaurant . „ 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H .
„ 186 , Industry , Westminster Chambers . „ 20 5 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . „ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpellier Tav ., Walworth . „ 1196 , Urban , Old Jerusalem Tav ., Clerkenwell .
,, 1348 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1441 , Ivy , Surrey M . H . „ 1 G 71 , Mizpah , Albion , Aldersgate-st . ( Consecration . ) Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . Rose Croix Chap . Palestine , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood .
Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn , Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone ,
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.
Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , Coopers' Arms , Silver-st ., Falcon-sq . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 28 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . ,, 2 , Antiquity , F . M . H . ,, 212 , Euphrates , M . H ., Basinghall-st . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H .
» 753 , Prince Fredk . William , Knts of St . John Hot . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters , Tottenham . „ 8 9 8 , Temperance-in-thc-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . „ 1036 , Victoria , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Chap . 43 s , Mount Lebanon , Ship & Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 907 , Royal Albert , White Hart , Abchurch-lane .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , " Whittington , " Moor-lane , Fore-street . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham .
Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rJ . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .
THURSDAY , MARCH 29 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 1524 , Duke of Connaught , Pownall-rd ., Haggerston . LODGES OF INSTUUCTION . Egjptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road .
I emperance m the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . libury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . ¦ Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st .
FRIDAY , MARCH 30 . [ Being Good Friday , the meetings probably will not be held . ] Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . K . T . Encamp , 26 , Faith & Fidelity , Cannon-st . Hot .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .
Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Milc-end-road .
Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckliurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd .
Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav . Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . SirHugh Myddelton , 25 , King Edward-st ., Liverpool-rd ., N .
Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.
MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .
For thc Week ending Saturday , March 31 , 1877 . MONDAY , MARCH 26 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine B ., Neville-st ., Southport . 11 703 , Clifton , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 241 , Friendship , M . H ., Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .
TUESDAY , MARCH 27 . Lodge 897 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 9 80 , Hesketli , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Fylde . „ 1609 , Dramatic , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . WEDNESDAY , MARCH 28 .
Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adclphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 86 , Loyalty , M . H ., Prescot . „ 220 , Harmony , Garston Hot ., Garston . „ 484 , Faith , Gerards' Arms , Ashton-in-MakerneW-„ 580 , Harmony , Wheatsheaf , Ormskirk .
„ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 730 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak Hot ., Chorley . „ 75 8 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Pub . H ., Rusholme . Neptune L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool . THURSDAY , MARCH 29 . Lodge 1313 , Fermor , M . H ., Southport ,
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What Might Be.
WHAT MIGHT BE .
If we look over the written history of our fraternity , we shall find that very shortly after the revival of 1717 in London it was broug ht to this country , and , finding congenial soil , it took root and grew , slowly at first , as was but natural in a sparsely settled country , and more vigorously when the colonies had become a nation , so that Ben
Franklin and his lodge , at the Hoop , in Water-street , Philadelphia , have grown into ten thousand lodges and more than half a million Masons . The end is not yet , for annually there is an increase in the number of the brethren and the family circles , called lodges , where they meet and transact business . During thc period of little more than a century , in which the transformation from a
handful to a vast army has taken place , we shall find that , apart from the mere routine , the reception of profanes , thcmaking of laws and supervising their execution , the giving to the needy—of which we desire , in the spirit of the institution , to make no boast , rather wishing that , in so far as that particular branch of our labour is concerned , the right hand may not know what the left is
doingduring this period we may say that we have devoted ourselves to growing . We have so cared for our stewardship that its roots have deeply penetrated the soil , and its leaves and branches spread themselves abroad until in every estate of humanity we find it represented , and within its grasp a power not equally possessed by any other human association , for the reason that within our assemblies there
is nothing to arouse the divisions and animosities among men that naturally grow out ot their varying opinions on matters pertinent to this or the other world—to this in the scramble for wealth , position , power ; the heart-burnings of rank and caste and station—to the other in that old battle between Armageddon , and the rest , in which , as a general rule , you can only go to heaven if you see your way
through my spectacles , or , vice versa , you are sure to bring- up in outer darkness if you look through your own . This at least then we have accomplished , that wc have gathered together a . half million of intelligent men , not one of whom has given up or been expected to give up an iota of his religious faith , or of his political convictions , but yet who see for themselves that it is possible for men
to entertain the most thoroughly opposite ideas , and yet recognise the fact that they are still men , and may live in accord , and work happily together for good , notwithstanding that they vote different tickets , or take different roads to reach the final rest . That in reaching this result we have been the disciples and the exemplars of toleration in the largest and most beneficial way cannot be
successfully contradicted , and this especially , because while we have no special faith to advocate , neither have we any to oppose , and so leaving evcry-one unmolested in the pursuitof what may be happiness to him , we are , so to speak , the custodians of a pleasant retreat , where men may forget for a time the world and its strife in the enjoyment oi friendship and social communion unmarred by jarring
incentives . But the question presents itself , are we not capable as an organisation nf more extended usefulness ? Are we , considering the material it which our association is composed , exercising our real weight in community and demonstrating , as we might do , the real value of associated effort ? Every thinking man will at once say
No—decidedly No . Take an illustration . Masonry has a literature , as witness its thousands of published volumes , from thc balderdash of the parrot up to the effusions of the scholar and philosopher , and yet , except the mere manuals and guides to the ceremonial , we doubt whether any Masonic author ever got as much for his labour as he could have earned with a shovel ,
in the same length of time . No Masonic journal has ever had more than a temporary success ; not one has ever been permanently established , and there is not , to the best of our belief , one brother who has devoted himself to the literature of Masonry , to the instruction of the brethren , and to the championship of the Institution , who has not poverty for his reward . And yet how
different all this might be . If only one brother in ten Would feel called by his pride in the Craft to remember the agency by which , more than all others , it has been enabled to resist the attacks of its enemies , and stand before the world as proudly as to-day it does , its power and security would be still further enhanced , and its servants have some brighter visions in the future than that of a pauper ' s grave . —New York Dis / atch .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . R . S . M . VAUGHAN . On the 6 th inst . a large number of Freemasons attended the funeral of the late Bro . R . S . M . Vaughan , at Concham , near Redcar , Yorkshire . The W . M . ' s of the Marwood Lodge ( Cleveland ) and of the Restoration Lodge ( Darlington ) were present , and among other brethren were Bros . John Hodgson , J . C . Martin , J . Morrel ) , J . H .
Bell , W . Bell , Rev . J . Buswel ] , Dr . Arrowsmith , and — Waller , P . M . Marwood Lodge . The service was choral , the Rev . J . B . Towne officiating . The deceased brother , who was only 27 years of age , was well known in Darlington and adjacent towns , having established a thriving patent business in connection with thc well-known firm of
Messrs . Vaughan & Son , London . During the past few months our deceased brother had suffered several domestic bereavements , his wife and second child having died within little more than two months before his death . His untimely decease has occasioned poignant sorrow to his brethren and numerous friends .
A full report of the proceedings at the consecration of the Stuart Lodge , No . 1632 , which takes place this ( Saturday ) afternoon , will be given in our next .
Masonic Ball Int Liverpool.
MASONIC BALL INT LIVERPOOL .
The last Masonic Ball of the festive season , but certainly one of the most enjoyable and jolliest of the series , took place at the Great George-street Assembl y Rooms , Liverpool , on Thursday evening , the 15 th inst . The arrangements were admirable , and the absence of anything like stiffness gave the assembly quite a " happy family " tone .
The ball was organised and carried out by prominent members of various lodges in the neighbourhood , and , thanks to their exertions , " Our Fifth Annual Ball " was decidedly a great success in every respect . The guests numbered upwards of 100 , and amongst those present wete Bro . A . Morrison , S . W . 1540 , Mrs . Morrison , and the Misses Morrison ; Bro . H . Gregory ,, Sec . 667 , and Mrs .
Gregory ; Bro . W . Doyle , P . P . G . J . D . ; Bro . W . Coates , 135 6 and 1609 , and Miss Dudlieston ; Bro . J . E . Jackson , P . M . 667 , and Miss Jackson ; H . Eve , 66 7 , and Mrs . Eve ; Bro . E . Carter , 667 , and Mrs . Carter ; Bro . H . Firth , J . W . 667 , and Mrs . Firth ; Bro . B . Myers , P . M . 1182 , and Mrs . Myers ; Bro . A . Bucknall , 667 , and Mrs Bucknall ; Bro . S . Bushell , 667 , and Miss Bramley ; Bro . Barton , Mrs .
Barton , Mrs . Richard Brown ; Bro . R . Martin , jun ., W . M . 1182 , and Miss Thorn ; Bro . W . T . May , P . M . 673 , Mrs . May , and Miss B . May ; Bro . E . O . C . Rothwell , P . M . 135 6 , Mrs . Rothweil , and Miss Rothwell ; Bro . J . H . Martin , Bro . J . Skeaf , P . G . O ., and Mrs . Skeaf ; Bros . Preston , 1182 ; J . Weston , 1182 ; R . Ing , P . M . 594 , and Mrs . Ing , and others . Dancing commenced about 9 o ' clock
and was kept up with unflagging spirit till an early hour , to the strains of Mr . Martin ' s quadrille band . The fame which Bro . Henry Eve has secured as a caterer was fully sustained on this occasion , as both supper and lighter refreshments were of Ai kind . The ball arrangements
were enthusiastically carried out by the following committee : Bros . A . Morrison , Chairman ; H . Gregory , Vice Chairman ; W . Doyle , J . E . Jackson , R . Douglass , H . Eve , W . Coates , E . Carter , B . Myers , H . Firth ( an excellent Master of the Ceremonies ) , and A . Bucknall ( an indefatigable Hon . Sec . and Treas . )
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .
For the Week ending Friday , March 30 , 1877 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .
SATURDAY , MARCH 24 . Lodge 16 32 , Stuart , S . M . H . ( Consecration . ) LODGES OP INSTRUCTION . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond . Manchester , 77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq . Star , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-rd . Eccleston , Grosvenor Club , Ebury-square , S . W .
MONDAY , MARCH 26 . Lodge 4 , Royal Somerset House and Inverness , F . M . H . ,, 26 , Castle of Harmony , Willis ' s Rooms , W . „ 28 , Old King ' s Arms , F . M . H . 11 79 i Pythagorean , Ship Hot ., Greenwich .
„ 183 , Unity , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 902 , Burgoyne , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 1608 , Kilburn , Queen ' s Arms Hot ., Kilburn Gate . Chap . 25 , Robert Burns , F . M . H . Mark Lodge 5 , Mallet and Chisel , Bridge House Hot .
LODGES or INSTRUCTION . Prince Leopold , Lord Stanley Tav ., Kingsland . Strong Man , Jerusalem Tav ., St . John ' s Gate . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station . Camden , Stanhope Arms , Up . James-st ., Camden Town . Sastern , Royal Hot ., Mile-end-road . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st .
Wellington , White Swan , Deptford . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe . UpperNorwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd . Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney . Lpughborough , Warrior Hot ., Brixton . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st . West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . Leopold , Woolpack Tavein , Bermondscy-st .
TUESDAY , MARCH 27 . Lodge 14 , Tuscan , F . M . H . „ 92 , Moira , Mansion House Restaurant . „ 99 , Shakespeare , Albion Tav ., Aldersgate-st . „ 141 , Faith , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . „ 145 , Prudent Brethren , F . M . H .
„ 186 , Industry , Westminster Chambers . „ 20 5 , Israel , Cannon-st . Hot . „ 259 , Prince of Wales , Willis ' s Rooms , St . James's . „ 1158 , Southern Star , Montpellier Tav ., Walworth . „ 1196 , Urban , Old Jerusalem Tav ., Clerkenwell .
,, 1348 , Ebury , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . „ 1441 , Ivy , Surrey M . H . „ 1 G 71 , Mizpah , Albion , Aldersgate-st . ( Consecration . ) Chap . 21 , Cyrus , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . Rose Croix Chap . Palestine , 33 , Golden-sq ., W .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Metropolitan , 269 , Pentonville-rd . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney . Domatic , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st . Prince Fredk . Wm ., Lord ' s Hot ., St . John ' s Wood .
Dalhousie , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Constitutional , Wheatsheaf Hot ., Hand-court , Holborn , Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe Road . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone ,
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.
Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe . St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping . Islington , Coopers' Arms , Silver-st ., Falcon-sq . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill .
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 28 . Lodge of Benevolence , at 6 . ,, 2 , Antiquity , F . M . H . ,, 212 , Euphrates , M . H ., Basinghall-st . „ 507 , United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H .
» 753 , Prince Fredk . William , Knts of St . John Hot . „ 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisters , Tottenham . „ 8 9 8 , Temperance-in-thc-East , 6 , Newby-pl ., Poplar . „ 1036 , Victoria , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st . Chap . 43 s , Mount Lebanon , Ship & Turtle , Leadenhall-st . „ 907 , Royal Albert , White Hart , Abchurch-lane .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Confidence , " Whittington , " Moor-lane , Fore-street . Mt . Lebanon , Windsor Castle Tav ., Southwark-bdg .-rd . Pythagorean , Prince of Orange , Greenwich . New Concord , Rosemary Branch Tav ., Hoxton . Royal Union , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s . Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham .
Stanhope , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . Finsbury Park , Finsbury Park Tav ., Seven Sisters ' -rJ . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park . Duke of Connaught , Havelock Tav ., Dalston , E . United Strength , Grafton Arms , Kentish-town . Whittington , Black Bull Tav ., Holborn . Lewis , King ' s Arms Hot ., Wood Green . Royal Jubilee , 81 , Long Acre . Langthorne , Swan Hot ., Stratford .
THURSDAY , MARCH 29 . Gen . Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 22 , Neptune , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . „ 1524 , Duke of Connaught , Pownall-rd ., Haggerston . LODGES OF INSTUUCTION . Egjptian , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . Fii . sbury , Jolly Anglers' Tav ., Bath-st ., City-road .
I emperance m the East , Catherine-st ., Poplar . libury , 12 , Ponsonhy-st ., Milbank . Highgate , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town . The Great City , M . H ., Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Prince Frederick William Chapter , St . John ' s Wood . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blackfriars-rd . ¦ Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berners-st ., Oxford-st .
FRIDAY , MARCH 30 . [ Being Good Friday , the meetings probably will not be held . ] Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . K . T . Encamp , 26 , Faith & Fidelity , Cannon-st . Hot .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Union Waterloo , Thomas-st ., Woolwich . Robert Burns , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st . Belgrave , Constitution , Bedford-st ., Covent Garden . Unions Emulation ( for M . M . ' s ) , F . M . H . Temperance , Victoria Tav ., Victoria-road , Deptford . Clapton , White Hart , Clapton .
Metropolitan , Portugal Hot ., Fleet-st . St . Marylebone , British Stores Tav ., St . John ' s Wood . Westbourne , Horse & Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st . United Pilgrims , Surrey M . H ., Camberwell New-road . St . James ' s , New Tanners'Arms , Grange-rd ., Bermondsey . Duke of Edinburgh , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar . Doric , Earl Grey Tav ., Milc-end-road .
Burgoyne , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W . St . Luke ' s , White Hart , King ' s-rd ., Chelsea . Chigwell , Prince ' s Hall , Buckliurst-hill . Burdett Coutts , Approach Tav ., Victoria Park . Royal Standard , The Castle , Holloway-rd .
Ranelagh , Bell and Anchor , Hammersmith-rd . Stability , Guildhall Tav ., Gresham-st . St . George's , Globe Tav ., Greenwich . Pythagorean Chapter , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd . William Preston , Feathers Tav . Up . George-st ., Edgware-rd . SirHugh Myddelton , 25 , King Edward-st ., Liverpool-rd ., N .
Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.
MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .
For thc Week ending Saturday , March 31 , 1877 . MONDAY , MARCH 26 . Lodge 148 , Lights , M . R ., Warrington . „ 613 , Unity , Palatine B ., Neville-st ., Southport . 11 703 , Clifton , Clifton Hot ., Blackpool . Chap . 241 , Friendship , M . H ., Liverpool . Derby L . of I ., M . H ., Liverpool .
TUESDAY , MARCH 27 . Lodge 897 , Loyalty , Fleece Inn , St . Helen ' s . „ 9 80 , Hesketli , Grapes Inn , Croston . „ 1256 , Fidelity , Bull Hot ., Poulton-le-Fylde . „ 1609 , Dramatic , M . H ., Liverpool . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , M . R ., Chester . WEDNESDAY , MARCH 28 .
Lodge 32 , St . George ' s , Adclphi Hot ., Liverpool . „ 86 , Loyalty , M . H ., Prescot . „ 220 , Harmony , Garston Hot ., Garston . „ 484 , Faith , Gerards' Arms , Ashton-in-MakerneW-„ 580 , Harmony , Wheatsheaf , Ormskirk .
„ 724 , Derby , M . H ., Liverpool . „ 730 , Ellesmere , Royal Oak Hot ., Chorley . „ 75 8 , Ellesmere , M . H ., Runcorn . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Pub . H ., Rusholme . Neptune L . of 1 ., M . H ., Liverpool . THURSDAY , MARCH 29 . Lodge 1313 , Fermor , M . H ., Southport ,